Generation Ship to Proxima B, Scene 2

 Scene 2: Ryo Kasumi follows D-Sec officer Calyra Okoro to get answers - one way or another.

Plot Beat: Modify your proposal. Cause frustration, stress, or worry. Advance plot - the Disappearance of the Dex cook - Exposition 2. Node: Pending questions: Why is Destiny Sec kidnapping people?

Ryo continues to tail the woman as she walks down wire laden pathways, her pace seemingly varied, her movements erratic. She eventually ducks into an gap in the wiring, and he turns - to suddenly be blinding by light!

Will save: 20, fail. 

Ryo stumbles backwards, tripping and sprawling down onto the metal sheeting, rubbing his eyes. He opens them, and the lady is gone. He staggers up...looking around - when he feels the hard metal of a gun at the back of his scalp.

"Who are you? Who do you work for?" It was Calyra Okoro, pistol to his head. "Any false move and I'll blow your brains out. Now talk."

Ryo raises his arms, "Look lady. I'm sorry. I'm nobody, alright, a LOST. Just someone who wants to help his community. I heard you might have information, and I have credits."

Mood - Reaction: Of curiosity, interest, wisdom. 

He hears her let her let out a breath, but she keeps the gun to his scalp, "If - and that's a big if - I was willing to believe you, why should I?" She scoffs, "All you snakes are the same, try to get us to spill our guts. Never."

"I got no idea what you're on about lady. I swear, I'm just trying to find our cook."

Is she worried that he is a spy? Weak yes.

How is this all related to the DEX cook? Explain (how): An accident, a side effect.

She keeps the barrel of her gun pressed against him, "Well here's your answer. Your precious DEX cook was in with the wrong people. Just like you, snooping around a little too deep, asking a few too many questions. So he had to be...dealt with."

"He's dead?!"

"That's on a need to know." And he felt a hard blow to the back of his skull.

Attack with barrel of gun - d6, 6 damage. HP 3 -> 0, Armor 1. Str 9 -> 7. Str save -> 5, manages to stay up!

With that, he felt a cold pain - and blood trickle down the back of his skull, but even woozy, he was still up! He turned around and used his knuckle puncher to slam back!

Calyra Okoro, HP 5, Armor 2, Str 16. 

Attack with knuckle punchers! 4 dmg! Calyra HP 3.

He manages to strike back with his shockwaves, with the punches going to ricochet off her D-Sec armor as she's bounced back! He takes off sprinting away from her.

Does she pursue (unlikely)? No

He runs down wire filled corridors, feet slamming on metal sheets until finally, he seems to have lost her. He stops, hands on his knees, taking a deep breath...once more at a dead end. Except now he knew - Destiny Security had something to do with the cook's disappearance. He'd been investigating something that had pushed D-Sec far enough to do something about it...

Generation Ship to Proxima B, Scene 1

Scene 1: Ryo Kasumi approaches D-Sec officer Calyra Okoro to help find information on the missing DEX cook.

Plot Beat: Modify your proposal. Learn someone's dark secret. Advance plot - the Disappearance of the Dex cook - Exposition 1. Node: Pending questions: Why is Destiny Sec kidnapping people?

Meet reaction: Act with motivation, high energy and engagement
Honesty check: They are obviously lying and trying to deceive

Calyra beckons the open chair in front of her, as Ryo sits down to discuss his request. After a brief bit of talk, he brings up that he's looking for some information on a certain DEX cook that has gone missing. The D-Sec officer's demeanor changes at the drop of a pin. She goes from all smiles to reciting a line, a bottled phrase she's clearly been paid to recite. 

There was more to this. This proved it. Ryo places his knuckle dusters on the table, and tells her it would be good for her to spill the beans, going to intimidate her.

Yes/No - Intimidation? No, I think not

She gives him a look, and stands up. "No, I think not." She leaves the credit chip on the table and goes to leave the bar, the raucous music playing as she shoves through the crowd. As she does, Ryo spots something, a small anatomical defect that could otherwise be ignored - bilateral polydactyly.  A marker of those who had special abilities. The type that D-Sec had been reputed to be kidnapping. Was this a possible victim, trained into becoming a D-Sec soldier?

Ryo gets up to follow her. He wasn't about to let this lead go to waste.

Generation Ship to Proxima b, Setup

I'll be starting a playthrough of the Plot Unfolding Machine (PUM) community event Generation Ship to Proxima b, that will be running from now to approximately July 2025. Anyone who stumbles upon this post, feel free to hop into the community Discord server and play along.

Generation Ship to Proxima b

I'll be using the PUM oracle using the Simple module, and the custom random tables provided by the PUM community for the solo side of things. For system, it will largely be based of ItO style rules, with modifications to account for the hard sci-fi setting.

Ryo Kasumi, Medic. L.O.S.T. Str 9, Dex 12, Wil 6. HP 3. Constant Body Vibrations: Calms user, creates unease in others. Equipment: Stun resistant arm guards (Armor 1), Carbon Weave gloves that enhance grip (Climb sheer surfaces), Carbon knuckle gloves with shock pads (d6+d6).

Backstory: A back alley, self taught medic working in the outer hull in Gabriel Gonzales's illegal hospital, to patch up other L.O.S.T. compatriots who don't get help elsewhere. But the recent loss of the community's primary DEX cook has crippled the community. As the situation heads to shit, Ryo feels compelled to act and find out what happened.

Inciting Incident:  [Play a triggering plot catalyst: Learn someone's dark secret] - Rogue Destiny Security officer Calyra Okoro is selling classified operations data to highest bidder. Perhaps meeting with her at her "information auction" could yield some results, in a shady outer hull gathering spot.

Starting Scene: In a distant pocket of the outer hull, along refuse littered pathways between sputtering wires and chugging exhaust, is a dingy little outfit where a couple of non descript metal doors lead into a smoke choked, raucous bar. As patrons guzzle drinks that swim with floating mold, a lady in glinting black metal of Destiny Sec uniform sits in a corner booth, sipping quietly at her drink. Ryo comes over, and drops a small cred chip onto the counter, sliding it towards her, as her eyes dart up to meet his...

And that's where I'll leave it to start out, seeing how this interaction goes.